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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I have to admit, I was a bit conflicted at the end of this book. On one side, I really loved some of the chapters but on the other, I really disliked the others. Having read a couple of Jhumpa Lahiri's works prior, Unaccustomed Earth would probably rank at the end. Don't get me wrong, the writing is still amazing, but I found too many similarities between the characters in this book and the ones in her other works, it just needed something fresh that it wasn't able to provide. Also, what's with the main characters falling for white people literally all the time?? Still a decent read, but I'd give this book a solid 3.5 stars for its redundancy.
I like Interpreter of Maladies better than Unaccustomed Earth. It was very similar stories re-hashed 8x over: well-off migrant families/characters living in the US/EU who attend ivy league schools without contending or are implicated in larger issues. I expected more.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
as always the prose and the way that Lahiri captures details and emotions was beautiful and addictive, but some themes did get old after a while and the stories started to blur together for me personally (even if they were themes i resonated with, some more than others) the last one rly got me (broke me), especially in regards to belonging and feeling drawn to people because of your shared pasts and experiences (3.5/5)